<?php 
session_start( );
?>
<?
require_once('connections/mysqlDB.php');
$dbConn = new mysqli(HOST,USER,PWD,DB);
/* prepare statement */
$dbConn->query("SET NAMES 'utf8'");
$stmt1 = $dbConn->query("SELECT abbrev, trim(description) as description from code where code = 'state' order by id");
$state=array();
while ($row=$stmt1->fetch_array(MYSQL_NUM)) {
  $state[$row[0]]="$row[1]";
  echo "$row[1]<br>";
};
//var_dump($state);
$stmt1->close();
$dbConn->close();
?>
